diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi_manager.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi_manager.c
index ca400924d4ee..46faeaae9d94 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi_manager.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi_manager.c
@@ -485,10 +485,6 @@ int msm_dsi_manager_connector_init(struct msm_dsi *msm_dsi,
 		return PTR_ERR(connector);
 	}
 
-	ret = drm_connector_attach_encoder(connector, encoder);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-
 	return 0;
 }